Day: July 21, 2016

Rivers Rerun: INEC Plans To Rig For APC—Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, of taking actions that are inimical to credible rerun elections in the state by his alleged secret meeting with the Rivers State APC chairman, Davies Ikanya and Senator Magnus Abe on July 19, 2016. Addressing…

AFRIMA Commends AU’s Single Passport

The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has commended the African Union, AU, for the launch of a single, common electronic passport (e-Passport) for all Africans at the just concluded 27th AU Summit, in Kigali, Rwanda. It also applauded the ultimate goal of the single passport which is set to realize the…

Saraki Appeases Tinubu With Plum Senate C’ttee Post

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has announced the restructuring of leaderships of the Senate’s committees. In the latest reshuffling, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, a member of anti-Saraki Unity Forum, was named chairperson of Committee on Environment, while Kabiru Marafa, Saraki’s main critic, was appointed chairman of the Petroleum (downstream) Committee. Before now, he used to…

Teacher Caught Sucking Student’s Private Part In Ogun

An English teacher in a private school in Ogun State has been arrested for allegedly sexually molesting a male student. It was gathered that the teacher, a male, was caught by a parent who had come for his child after school hours. The suspect, Matthew Sodeke, was beaten to a pulp by angry youths after…